Homyel climate — normals and trends
Homyel (Belarus) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 6.8 °C and it receives 639 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (19.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-6.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Homyel averages 131 frost days, 5 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 126 rainy days per year.
Homyel has warmed by +3.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.38 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 152 to 110 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.7 °C (on 8 August 2010) and the coldest -38.8 °C (on 10 January 1940).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
HomyelHomyel’ Voblasc’
- coords
- 52.43°, 30.98°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
6.8°C
Average daily high
10.5°C
Average daily low
3.1°C
Annual rainfall
639mm
Sunshine / day
7.1h
Mean relative humidity
77%
Average peak wind
19.4km/h
Seasonal range
25.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
131 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
5 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
126 d/yr
Annual snowfall
94.5 cm
Average feels-like high
7.5 °C
Average feels-like low
-0.4 °C
Average peak gust
36.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.2 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.54 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
37.7 °C
8 August 2010
Coldest day
-38.8 °C
10 January 1940
Wettest day
73 mm
13 June 1971
Windiest day
57.3 km/h
11 December 1967
Strongest gust
97.2 km/h
14 January 2022
Hottest feels-like
38.3 °C
16 July 1951
Coldest feels-like
-44.1 °C
10 January 1940
Snowiest day
19.7 cm
11 November 2007
Sunniest day
16.0 h
11 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 3.0 °C | +6.8 °C | 32 mm | -7 mm |
| Feb | -1.1 °C | +1.4 °C | 10 mm | -27 mm |
| Mar | 10.2 °C | +7.3 °C | 46 mm | +7 mm |
| Apr | 14.9 °C | +3.0 °C | 49 mm | +2 mm |
| May | 17.3 °C | -1.4 °C | 91 mm | +32 mm |
| Jun | 21.5 °C | -0.8 °C | 100 mm | +27 mm |
| Jul | 25.6 °C | +1.8 °C | 90 mm | +5 mm |
| Aug | 23.3 °C | +0.2 °C | 55 mm | -11 mm |
| Sep | 20.4 °C | +2.7 °C | 33 mm | -19 mm |
| Oct | 10.6 °C | +0.1 °C | 72 mm | +22 mm |
| Nov | 6.7 °C | +3.6 °C | 44 mm | -3 mm |
| Dec | 1.5 °C | +2.8 °C | 47 mm | +2 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Homyel?
Homyel has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 6.8 °C and it receives 639 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Homyel?
The hottest day measured in Homyel between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 2010, reaching 37.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Homyel?
The coldest day measured in Homyel between 1940 and 2025 was 10 January 1940, at -38.8 °C.
Does it snow in Homyel?
Yes. Homyel gets on average 94.5 cm of snow per year and has around 131 frost days.
Has the climate of Homyel warmed?
Yes: Homyel warmed by +3.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Homyel?
The wettest day measured in Homyel between 1940 and 2025 was 13 June 1971, with 73 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Homyel?
The windiest day measured in Homyel between 1940 and 2025 was 11 December 1967, with winds reaching 57.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Homyel?
The warmest month in Homyel is July (19.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-6.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Homyel?
Homyel receives on average 639 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 126 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Homyel?
Homyel gets on average 7.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,592 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Homyel?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Homyel between 1940 and 2025 was 11 November 2007, with 19.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Homyel?
Yes: Homyel has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Homyel?
In Homyel, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.3 °C on 16 July 1951, and the lowest was -44.1 °C on 10 January 1940.
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